Saint Mary's beacon., 1887-07-14

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address to night, if possible, a rough
plan drawn on paper of your house,
anil also in'licate the rsceptacles that
hold, say dozen valuable articles
and their iOcation-such as jewelry
or silverware, &c. Yon wonder al
such a reqnests It is in wder that
may appear familiar witnkhe inside
OF your house at the seance, and thus
insure its success. Do this and keep
. close tongue and am dumb. OF
course you will be sure to be present
at my exhibition to indorse the accu.
racy OF my mind-reading. Is it
agreed 2
II wax evident that she doubted
him. Such an extraordinary request.
But. then, the shame-the bitter
shame.
i will do it; only don't play me
false
And as be smiled in satisfaction she
slipped from the room. He looked at
his watch the ten minutes were
nearly up. So he settled himself in
the chair. and with a dreamy look in
his eyes and a mysterious smile, Mr..
Clithers found him on his return.
i thank you for your courtesy, he
said, on taking his leave. 4 have
forged the first link of the mental
chain that will bind your thief. Send
that list you spoke of to my hotel
the Pa!ace-and don't fail to turn up
at my seance.'
And so it happened that evening
that two letters addressed to Mr.. Car.
dinall were sent from Mr.. Clithers'
house.
There WAS quite a crush on the
eventful evening at the Biiou Hall,
which the mind.reader had secured
for his seance. Mrs. Clithers evident
ly hal not failed to keep her prom
ise. Her husband, too, had exerted
himself to secure large attendance
of the elite of society. The ladies
tongues were busy discussing from
every conceivable point of view the
new creed of reading the mind of
man.
AZ 8 c,einck precisely, Mr.. Cardi-
nall stepped on the platform. He
had made Himself conspicuous around
the town since his arrival, so he was
pretty well known. After a few
words of Introduction, in which he
hunbly stated that he was as yet but
an amateur, he begged the audience
to chose committee of two to assist
him in his demonstrations. A dozen
offered themselves, but finally after
much discussion, a society youth, fear
fully and wonderfully vain and POM
pous, and Mr.. Clithers were chosen to
relresent the audience. When the
latter was chosen. a gratifed smile
wreathed Mr.. CARDINALS face, but at
the sight of the dudish youth he ap-
peared almost disgusted.
This is really too bad whispered
he to Mr.. Clithers, when the commit.
tee We're on the platform he has nc
mind cannot read a vacuum; do
do let me Use you as a medium. just
make the youth fetch and carry.
And he winked solemnly at Mr.. eli.
theirs, who Was evidently fattered a,
this evidence that he had mind al
all. The first test was the hiding o.
a gold watch by Mr.. Clithers-ths
mind reader and youth retiring. Now
when they both emerged Mr.. Cardi
nall seemed to change his mind about
the brains of the youth, for he asked
him if he knew where the watch wa.
hid. The youth answered yes, hav
ing watched through a small crack il
4 the door. Then the miud-I -ader said
4 will find it through YOU Immedi'
ately both turned thsir footsteps to-
ward one Of the window-sills anC
stopped at it. There was the watch
But whether the mind.reader led tn,
yoath, or the youth the reader, wa
more than the audience could deter
mine. However, this success elicitet
the greatest applause.
Cariinali then requested some on
in the audience to hide an article ant
he would find it. As he spoke b,
fixed his eyes on Mrs. Glithers. Sh
| read that look at once and conquerin,
dislike stool up and said she woul,
hide something. He bowed, apollo
gized and retired. She went to tn
stage and l,id the article at the right
hand corner on the floor. 1t was
, common lin. The mind-reader ar